diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m
index 01ab7f19d12267..e8b87f333ddcec 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m
@@ -365,11 +365,13 @@ - (BOOL)textInputShouldReturn
   // `onSubmitEditing` is called when "Submit" button
   // (the blue key on onscreen keyboard) did pressed
   // (no connection to any specific "submitting" process).
-  [_eventDispatcher sendTextEventWithType:RCTTextEventTypeSubmit
-                                 reactTag:self.reactTag
-                                     text:[self.backedTextInputView.attributedText.string copy]
-                                      key:nil
-                               eventCount:_nativeEventCount];
+  if (_blurOnSubmit) {
+    [_eventDispatcher sendTextEventWithType:RCTTextEventTypeSubmit
+                                   reactTag:self.reactTag
+                                       text:[self.backedTextInputView.attributedText.string copy]
+                                        key:nil
+                                 eventCount:_nativeEventCount];
+  }
 
   return _blurOnSubmit;
 }